hello{sorry for my english}first, thanks easuter for this howto which is very detailed !

I try to use an USB key "SMCWUSB-G" which have the same ID number =083a:4505 than in the Wifi Network Howto ...so it might be good ...but it failed !

I try Linux since a short time and i am really a new one ,a "newbie",so please let be clear in your explanation!I have installed Vector linux (5.18 normal ,i believe)on an old notebook Toshiba satellite Pro 490.

Before to try the ZD1211 driver ,i have tried ndiswrapper very quicklyand have seen that it worked but only only without security key.I saw my "Box" which emitted wifi and its essid.First i try wpa with ndiswrapper = it hadn't work but i didn't knew ,at this stage ,to configure wpa_supplicant.i did it again with the zd1211b driver than i install with makefile modifies with # set to 1 for zd1211b ZD1211REV_B=1 .(saw at the Zyda site)When i launch modprobe zd1211b it says nothing but vasm don't see any network card.My key don't blink;it did it with ndiswrapper.when i do :wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.confi have a lot of errors.do i need to remove ndiswrapper ?could you help me ?

my modprobe.conf is following :# /etc/modprobe.conf (old location for Linux 2.6+ config)## The use of this config file is deprecated if you are using a# 2.6.x or newer kernel. Instead, create files in the# /etc/modprobe.d/ directory containing modprobe options.## For more information, see "man modprobe.conf".

alias wlan0 zd1211b#alias wlan0 ndiswrapper#alias wlan1 zd1211rw

{in fact, in "/etc/modprobe.d/" there's only a link to /etc ...is it normal ?}

I have uninstall ndiswrapper to be sure.I have verified that zd1211b was in the kernel config (2.6.18.5) and it is there:>device driver/network device support/wireless LAN/Zydas ZD1211/ZD1211B USB-wireless supportLast night i did my "first one" compilation to be sure that zd1211b would be used at the boot.I don't know if it was usefull but i did it !Do we have to compil again when it's only module which are new marked in the kernel menu ?The result it the same than before:i do modprobe zd1211b,there is no error but thats all !

I have parallel questions :1/Why do i have to do :INTERFACE="eth0 wlan0"i don't understand the reason?

I have blacklisted zd1211rw but when i write rmmod zd1211rw it says that zd1211rw does not exist in /proc/modules,so it's not the problem.

As i was waiting ,i have installed ndiswrapper again because you said it was ok to have the two drivers :i reply to your post with wifi but not encrypted.I have tried several times with wpa but it doesn't works.The files in /etc/wireless:MyEssid.essid.conf and MyEssid.wpa.conf are ok (i think).Why there is another interface.conf in /etc/wireless ?I modify this one too !

For zd1211b i wonder if it loaded at boot:How can i see it ?When i do modprobe zd1211b it says nothing.

i use my ndiswrapper driver for my wifi dongle but without security key now.I want absolutely to use it with WPA ,either with zd1211b (native linux)driver (but it seems it doesn't work) or with windows driver.